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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Volume 21: Politics
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The consulted Harvard University Press and William Heinemann manifestation of Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Volume 21: Politics.
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In Rackham's translation of Aristotle's constitutional scheme, government by a few for the common interest is aristocracy, while its deviation for the rulers' advantage is oligarchy.
- supports · Book III, chapter 7, 1279a22–1279b10
Aristotle argues that poverty and wealth distinguish democracy from oligarchy more exactly than the bare fact that many or few govern.
- supports · Book III, chapter 8, 1279b11–1280a6